Ἀναρρύει
draws back the head
Translated by Jennifer Benedict21 Oct 2000Vetting: high11 revisions
Translation
Meaning [he/she/it] sacrifices and slaughters [sc. a sacrificial victim]. Eupolis [uses the word].1 And the sacrifice [itself is an] epanarrhysis.
Also [sc. attested is] Anarrhysis,2 [the] chief day of the Apatouria. [The] Apatouria is a festival among [the] Athenians which shows by its name what it is all about.3
Also [sc. attested is the verb]a)narru/ein , offering sacrifice, meaning to complete a sacrifice. There were three days of the Apatouria: Dorpeia ("feast-day"),4 Koureotis,5 and Anarrhysis.
Also [sc. attested is] Anarrhysis,2 [the] chief day of the Apatouria. [The] Apatouria is a festival among [the] Athenians which shows by its name what it is all about.3
Also [sc. attested is the verb]